Greenpeace offers a competitive compensation plan, healthy work-life balance and has flexible, family-friendly employment policies. Our comprehensive benefits package and health coverage includes medical, dental, vision and prescription. We are pleased to offer vacation, health and wellness and personal paid time off, as well as leave time. Additional benefits include, but are not limited to a 401k 6% match plan, flexible spending account, org-sponsored life insurance and remote work benefits.
Health/Dental Plan
We allow employees to make contributions with pre-tax earnings, rather than after-tax, to the following health benefits:
- Cigna Health Care – Eligible employees have the choice between two medical plans offered through Cigna: The Cigna Open Access Plus (OAP) In-Network Plan and the Cigna Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) Plan.
- Flexible Spending Account –Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) allow you to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay yourself back for eligible health care and dependent care expenses. There are two types of FSAs: Health Care FSAs and Dependent Care FSAs. The FSAs are administered by AssuredPartners.
Paid Leave
Vacation:
- 0 to 2 years of employment = 120 hours accrued per year = 160 hours leave cap
- 3 to 5 years of employment = 160 hours accrued per year = 180 hours leave cap
- More than 5 years of employment = 200 hours accrued per year = 200 hours leave cap
Health and Wellness: All full-time regular employees are entitled to fifteen (15) days of paid health & wellness leave per year.
Holidays:
- New Year’s Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- President’s Day
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- Independence Day
- Fridays in August
- Labor Day
- Indigenous Peoples Day
- Veteran’s Day
- Thanksgiving and the day after
- Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day
Personal Days: All full-time, regular employees are awarded ten (10) personal days per year.
Sabbatical: An employee who has worked at Greenpeace for 5 or more continuous years is entitled to take a fully paid sabbatical of up to 12 weeks, using Sabbatical Leave, for any purpose the employee chooses.
Paid Parental Leave: All full-time, regular employees are entitled to 12 weeks of parental leave and 20 weeks after one year with Greenpeace.
Other Benefits
Commuter benefit: To encourage the use of public transportation, Greenpeace provides its employees with transit benefits in an amount proportional to the number of days worked from a Greenpeace location each week. Alternatively, Greenpeace has a bike benefit program to support the purchase, use, and storage of bikes and bike accessories for employees who commute via bicycle.
Internet Benefit: All full time and part time employees of Greenpeace may receive compensation in the form of an Internet subsidy to cover work related expenses. An employee is eligible for a subsidy if they work from home regularly.
Phone Benefit: An employee who needs to use a cellphone for his, her or their work, as determined by the employee’s director, is entitled to reimbursement, not to exceed the cost of the employee’s monthly cell phone payment, of up to $40 monthly for medium usage and up to $75 for high usage, toward cell phone fees.
Home Office Supply Benefit: Greenpeace allocates a one-time home office supply benefit to assist employees in their telecommuting office needs.
Pet Insurance: Greenpeace offers a voluntary pet health insurance plan
401(K) Retirement Savings Plan (with employer match): All regular employees, who have completed six months of service are eligible to invest, through pre-tax payroll deductions, in a variety of funds, including socially responsible options. Greenpeace employees enjoy a generous 6% 401(k) match. Newly hired staff with existing 401(k) funds may immediately “roll” them into the Greenpeace Retirement Savings Plan.
Long-Term and Short-Term Disability: All staff working 30 hours or more per week are eligible for both long-term and short-term disability insurances. Greenpeace also offers a life insurance policy for all employees working 30 hours or more per week.
For additional information, please contact our People and Culture Department.
Greenpeace USA
1300 Eye Street, NW STE 1100 East
Washington, DC 20005